So much so that it got McKinnie into the famously gossipy Page Six section of the New York Post.

The Post found the big man at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday -- just as he headed into a contract dispute with the team that pays his bills. He was there to watch his good friend Serena Williams in the US Open quarterfinals.

Anyway, McKinnie has made no secret of his affection for the softer sport -- at least in front of his 74,000 Twitter followers.

On Sunday he Tweeted that he was planning on getting his raquet busy Monday or Tuesday since he hadn't played in a while. A couple days earlier he Tweeted, "I'm heading 2 our game, yall let me know how @Venuseswilliams makes out n her match 2nite."

The Seattle CEO who raised salaries for all of his employees to a minimum of $70,000 a year, drawing accusations of socialism, now says he has fallen on hard times, the Washington Times reported Saturday.